New Jersey Online Historical Newspapers Summary

​New Jersey is one of the states who do not have a central online repository for searching historical newspapers. Several states use the Library of Congress Chronicling America site as their main central online site for searching old newspapers. New Jersey just starting adding digitized titles to that site. The online newspaper titles are available from several different sites, many free and some require a subscription. Below is a list of where the titles are stored and the link so that you can access them. 

There are around 2,000 newspapers that have been published in the Garden State - certainly not all of them are searchable online. But there are quite a few that are indeed available. So go for it - find your New Jersey ancestors and all the interesting articles that capture the stories of their lives. 

Please note that I have not always entered the dates that are included in the collections, as I suspect they will change as more items are digitized. Also I suspect that some of these links may change over time - so if there is a dead link - please use your favorite search engine to find their new location. 

(Updated June, 2019; recently added links are in BOLD)

Free Sites:

Statewide Collections:

Chronicling America - New Jersey

• Bridgeton, N.J., 1884-1919 - Bridgeton pioneer.
• Bridgeton, N.J., 1851-1884 - West-Jersey pioneer.
• Jersey City [N.J.], 1889-1906 - The Jersey City news.
• Jersey City [N.J.], 1886-1891 - The Sunday morning news.
• Perth Amboy, N.J., 1903-1959 - Perth Amboy evening news. 

Google News Archive

• Bayonne City - The Bayonne Herald
• Camden - Camden Democrat
• Newark - The Sunday Call
• Newark - Newark Sunday Call
• New Brunswick - Political Intelligence and New-Jersey Advertiser
• Paterson - Paterson Daily Press
• Paterson - The Paterson Weekly Press
• Paterson - The Paterson Press
• Trenton - Evening True American
• Trenton - Trenton True American
• Trenton - Daily True American

New Jersey Historical Portal

• Asbury Park
• Belmar Twp.
• Bernardsville News
• Boonton
• Caldwell
• Carlstadt
• Chatham
• Cliffside
• Cranbury
• Cranford
• Dover
• Glen Ridge
• Haddonfield
• Hightstown
• Hillside
• Hoboken
• Home News Tribune
• Jersey City
• Lake Hopatcong
• Long Branch
• Maplewood
• Matawan
• Metuchen
• Montclair
• Morristown
• New Brunswick
• Nutley
• Ocean City
• Ocean Grove
• Plainfield
• Rahway
• Red Bank
• Ringwood
• Secaucus
• Somerville
• Spring Lake
• Summit
• Tuckerton
• Washington
• Watertown
• Westfield
• Woodbridge

New Jersey Digital Highway - Newspapers

New Jersey Media Group Archives (index; articles must pay)

• The Record
• Herald News

County and Library Collections:

Asbury Park Newspapers

• Asbury Park Daily Press
• Asbury Park Journal

Atlantic County Digitized Newspapers

• Atlantic Journal     1860
• Hammonton Farmer     1863 and 1866
• South Jersey Republican     1863-1923
• Atlantic Democrat and Cape May County Register     1864-1865
• Atlantic Democrat and Cumberland County Patriot     1866
• Atlantic Democrat   1867-1868
• Hammonton Item     1872-1877
• Mays Landing Record     1877-1906
• Atlantic County Record     1908-1917
• South Jersey Star     1917-1923

Belmar Newspapers

• The Crab
• Coast Advertiser
• Ocean Grove Times
• Coast Echo

Burlington County Newspapers

• Burlington County Newspaper Notices Index   
• Batsto Citizens Gazette   
• Bordentown Register/Register News   
• Central Record   
• New Jersey Mirror   
• Times-Advertiser/Community News Index 

Cape May Court House Library (in library access only)

• Cape May County Gazette
• Cape May County Herald
• Cape May County Times
• Cape May Daily Herald
• Cape May Daily Star
• Cape May Herald
• Cape May Ocean Wave
• Daily Cape May Wave
• Ocean City Sentinel
• Star of the Cape

Chatham Newspapers

• Chatham Courier
• Chatham News
• Chatham Press

Cherry Hills Public Library

• Cherry Hill News
• Cherry Hill News Suburban
• Delaware Township News
• Cherry Hill And Delaware Township News
• Delaware Township News ​

Chester Library

• Observer-Tribune 
• The Mendham-Chester Tribune

Clark Public Library Historical Newspapers 

• Clark Patriot 
• The Eagle 
• Union County Local Source

Cranbury Public Library

• Cranbury Press

Cranford Public Library

• Cranford Chronicle 
• Cranford Citizen & Chronicle
• Cranford Citizen 

Elizabeth Public Library

• Elizabeth Daily Journal

Englewood Public Library Newspapers

• Englewood Press
• Press Journal

Fanwood Memorial Library & Scotch Plains Public Library

• The Scotch Plains - Fanwood Times Newspaper

Franklin Township (Library access only)

• Record (1948-1958)
• Franklin News (1954-1958)
• Franklin News-Record (1958-1998)
• Franklin Focus (1989-1997)
• Spectator (1992-1998)
• Strictly Somerset (1994-1997)

Hightstown Newspapers

• Excelsior
• Hightstown Gazette
• Village Record
• Daily Graphic
• Independent
• Independent Weekly
• Reporter

Hillside Public Library Newspapers

• Local Source
• Leader
• Times

Lake Hopatcong Newspapers

• The Angular
• The Breeze

Lyndhurst Public Library

• Leader

Maplewood Public Library

• News Record

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Matawan Aberdeen Public Library

• Home News Tribune
• Matawan Independent 
• Matawan Journal 

Metuchen Public Library

• Metuchen Recorder
• Metuche Review

Millburn Archives

• The Alert
• The Budget
• The Item of Millburn & Short Hills
• The Thistle
• The Township Tattle

New Brunswick Public Library​

• Daily Home News 1887, 1889, 1903-1926
• Daily Times 1871-1916

Newark Public Library Digitized Newspapers

• After Hours Magazine (1949-1986)
• Black Mirror News (1998-2011)
• City News (1990-2002)
• Grafrica (1981-1982) 
• Information/Informacion (1972-1979) 
• Ironbound Voices (1978-2001) 
• La Tribuna De New Jersey (1975-2011)
• New Community Clarion (1983-1994)
• New Community Douglass-Harrison News Highlights (1997-1998)
• New Community Intercom (1996-2014) 
• Newark Herald 
• PREA Collection Newspapers
• Tenant Action News (1990-2001) 
• Trend Magazine (1957-1959) 
• Urban League of Essex Co. (1971-1972)
• La Hispanidad Newsletter Collection 
  

Ocean City Free Public Library Newspaper Archive

• Daily Sentinel (in library)
• Daily Reporter (in library)
• Ledger (in library)
• Ocean City News (in library)
• Ocean City Sentinel (in library)
• Cape May County Gazette (in library)
• Somers Point Herald (in library)
• Ocean City Sentinel Ledger (in library)

Ocean City Newspapers

• ​Cape May County Gazette
• Daily Reporter
• Ledger
• Ocean City Sentinel
• Sentinel Ledger

Ocean County Library

• Tuckerton Beacon
• New Jersey Courier

Ocean Grove Newspapers

• Asbury Park Daily Press
• Asbury Park Journal
• Ocean Grove Times

Paterson Newspaper Archive​

• East Paterson News-Record
• Eastside Criterion

Plainfield Historical Newspaper Collection

• Central New Jersey Times
• The Constitutionalist
• Plainfield Courier-News 
• Daily Press
• Plainfield Daily Press
• Evening News
• Plainfield Evening News
• North Plainfield Weekly Review
• Plainfield Gazette
• Plainfield Record
• Plainfield Union, various names
• The Suburbanite
• The Voice
• Plainfield Courier
• Mid-State Press

Princeton University Library

• Princeton Herald
• Princeton Recollector

​Rahway Newspapers

• Clark Patriot
• The Daily Record
• National Democrat
• News Herald
• News Record
• Rahway Advocate
• Rahway Progess
• The Rahway Record
• The Weekly Advocate and Times

Red Bank Public Library​

• Daily Register
• Echo Express
• Red Bank Register

Riverton Historical Newspapers

• The New Era
• The Palmyra Record
• The Riverton Journal
• The Weekly News

Rockaway Township Free Public Library

• Iron Era
• Record

Sadie Pope Dowdell Public Library

• Sayreville Times
• South Amboy Citizen

South Brunswick Public Library

• South Brunswick Forum

South Plainfield Collection

• The Chronicle (2003 - 2007)
• Observer (1997 - 2002)
• Observer (2003 - 2008)
• Observer (2009 - 2012)
• The Reporter (1990-1994, 2003)

Spring Lake Newspapers

• Asbury Park Journal
• Coast Echo
• Coast Star
• Manasquan Seaside

Summit Free Public Library Historical Newspapers

• Herald
• Observer
• Dispatch
• Herald-Dispatch
• Union County Local Source
• Record

Watertown Newspapers

• Post
• Post Boy
• Sunday Republican
• Watertown Journal
• Watertown News

Westfield Memorial Library Newspapers

• The Westfield Leader
• The Westfield Record Press
• Union County Standard

Woodbridge Township Historic Newspapers

• Avenel Bulletin - 1922 - 1923
• Carteret Press - 1925 - 1965
• Fords Beacon - 1936 - 1960
• Independent Leader - 1940 - 1965
• Leader Journal - 1934 - 1939
• Leader Press - 1967 - 1970
• The Independent Hour - 1876 - 1877
• The Weekly Register - 1898 - 1902
• The Woodbridge Leader - 1926 - 1931
• The Woodbridge News - 1899 - 1902
• Woodbridge Independent - 1919 - 1939
• Woodbridge Leader - 1931 - 1934

Student Collections:

Bergen Community College - Paramus

• Monitor
• Torch

Bordentown Manual Training School - Bordentown

• Ironsides Echo

College of New Jersey - Ewing

• The Signal

Drew University - Madison

• Acorn

Essex County College - Newark

• The Drum
• Ecco

Farleigh Dickinson University - Teaneck

• Bulletin
• Equinox
• Gauntler
• Tarrevir

Farleigh Dickinson University - Florham

• Bulletin
• Metropolitan
• Pillar

Highland Park High School - Highland Park

• The Highland Fling

John P Stevens High School - Edison Township

• The Hawkeye

Kean University - Union

• Reflector
• Independent
• Tower

Montclair State University - Montclair

• Montclarion

New Jersey City University - Jersey City

• Gothic Times

New Jersey Institute of Technology - Newark

• Vector

New Jersey School for the Deaf - Ewing Township

• Silent Worker  

North Plainfield High School - North Plainfield

• Tunlaw

Princeton University - Princeton

• Local Express

• Nassau Lit

• Princeton University Weekly Bulletin

• The Daily Princetonian
• Town Topics

Rutgers University - New Brunswick

• Daily Targum

Summit High School - Summit

• Verve

Seton Hall University - South Orange

•  Seton Hall Setonian 

St. Peters University - Jersey City

• Pauw Wow

Stevens Institute of Technology - Hoboken

• Stute

The College of New Jersey - Ewing Township

• Signal

Thomas Edison State University - Trenton

• Invention
• Signals

West Essex Regional High School - North Caldwell

• Wessev Wire

William Paterson University - Wayne

• Beacon
• Pioneer Times

Miscellaneous Collections and Indexes:

Independent Voices - Alternative Press

• Fort Dix 38 speak Out
• Fragging Action
• Shakedown
• New Directions for Women
• New Directions for Women in New Jersey

Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) Newspapers 1933-1942

• ​Branchville - Camp Paper (Company 1266)
• Branchville - Campus 57 Echoes (Company 1266)
• Branchville - Kittinews (Company 218)
• Branchville - S-71 Weekly (Company 1266)
• Branchville - Stoker (Company 218)
• Branchville - Trail Blazer (Company 218)
• Branchville - Two Eighteen Times (Company 218)
• Butler - 239Ers (Company 239)
• Fort Hancock - Bugler (Company 288)
• Freehold - Monmouth Monitor (Company 259)
• Mays Landing - 265Th Woodsmen (Company 265)
• Mays Landing - Happy Landing (Company 265)
• Morristown - Fort Nonsense News (Company 241)
• Morristown - Jockey Hollow Chips (Company 241)
• Orange - Mountain-Ear (Company 1281)
• Sussex - High Pointer (Company 216)
• Tuckerton - Bass River Log (Company 225)
• Woodbine - Camp Bulletin (Company 242)

Old Fulton Postcards

• Bloomfield NJ Citizen
• Bloomfield NJ Independient Press
• Bloomfield NJ Record
• Clifton NJ Jewish Community News
• Fair Lawn NJ Israelight
• Hackettstown NJ Forum
• Hackettstown NJ Gazette
• Hackettstown NJ Gazetteold
• Hackettstown NJ Warren Republican
• Jersey City NJ Jewish Standard
• Little Falls NJ Herald
• Little Falls NJ Passaic Valley Journal
• Little Falls NJ Reporter
• Little Falls NJ Times Herald
• Paterson NJ Evening News
• Paterson NJ Morning Call
• Paterson NJ Sunday Call
• Paterson NJ The Jewish Post
• Pattern NJ Federation News (Patterson}
• Peterson NJ Daily Gardian
• Peterson NJ Evening News
• Red Bank NJ Register
• Wayne NJ Passaic Valley Today

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Small Town Papers

• Bernardsville News Bernardsville

The Olden Times - New Jersey

Newspaper Abstracts - New Jersey

For Obituary Indexes, transcriptions, and other death/obituary information from historic newspapers, please check out the Obituaries ​page.

Other Free Sites:

Bernardsville

• Bernardsville News (in library only)

Boonton

• The Weekly Bulletin

Burlington

• Rural Visiter 

Caldwell

• Caldwell News

Camden

• Catholic Star Herald -

Carlstadt

• Free Press (Freie Presse) 

Clifton

• The Beacon - 2014-present
• Post Eagle 2012-

Dover​

• Dover Advance

Fort Dix

• Camp Dix News

Haddonfield

• The Haddonfield Basket

Hoboken

• Hoboken Advisor

Lawrenceville

• Hellcat News

Long Branch

• Daily Record

Maplewood

• Home News

Matawan

• Journal

Metuchen

• The Catholic Spirit - 2014-present

Montclair

• Montclair Times

Morristown

• Morristown Topics

Newark

• The Catholic Advocate 1958-1964
• The Jewish News
  

New Brunswick

• Daily Times

Nutley

• The Nutley Sun

Parsippany

• Svoboda (Freedom)

Passaic

• Catholic Falcon / Katoli Cky Sobol 

Plainfield

• Constitution

Princeton

• Town Topics

Secaucus

• Secaucus News

Trenton

• True American (index)
• New Jersey Catholic Journal
• Peces - 2014-present

Washington

• Washington Star 

Woodland Park

• Eastern Catholic Life - 2012-present

Subscription or Pay Sites:

Ancestry.com:

There are currently 20 publications available at this site. See all the titles at Ancestry - New Jersey Newspapers

Genealogy Bank:

There are currently 235 publications available at this site. See all the titles at Genealogy Bank - New Jersey Newspapers

Newspaper Archive:

There are currently 14 publications available at this site. See all the titles at Newspaper Archive - New Jersey

Newspapers.com:
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There are currently 121 publications available at this site. See all the titles at Newspapers.com - New Jersey 

And Finally:

You also need to check out the New Jersey Digital Newspaper Project site, which can tell you what is happening in the state with regard to the newspapers that have been digitized and are becoming available via microfilm or online. 

Please note - even more may be available via a local library where a library card is required. And of course there is always microfilm for those that have not been made available online as yet.

Good Luck and Happy Hunting!

For more links for different states, provinces, and countries - please see the Newspaper Links page on this website.

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